Following the good and secure practice of having a trusted domain (kde.org) with subdomains, I assume that this is the correct KDE Connect website:
Sharing the DuckDuckGo result ranks, there is this site:
kdeconnect dot org
The text reads weirdly, the images are wrong, the site screams scam to me. Is this known?
For now, what users can do is report the search result to various search engines.
The various download links there do seem to take you to official sources (kde.org, the Google Play store, and the Appie store).
I notice it’s registered with namecheap dot com, like a site we were discussing on the Fedora forum a few days ago.
Not sure what is going on here. Looks like AI slop, but without a clearly malevolent purpose (for now). Maybe an attempt to harvest clicks and serve ads, rather than outright scam?
From the about page
About This Website
This website is an independent, fan-made informational resource dedicated to KDE Connect. We are here to help users find accurate information, installation guides, and official download links for the software.
Independence Disclaimer: This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to KDE e.V., the KDE Community, or any of its members. KDE Connect and the KDE logo are trademarks of KDE e.V.
We do not host, modify, or redistribute any software files. All download links on this site point to official sources maintained by the KDE project. We respect the developers and their intellectual property.
We encourage all users to support the KDE Community through contributions, donations, or bug reports at the official KDE website.
Yes it does seem that the site only points to official download links.
Though yes it does seem odd, also is editing the official KDE Connect website hard?
Well, that’s unpaid, whereas you might be able to get ad revenue this way…
We have soo many Ai generated .org scam websites are popping up. few examples are
Issue is, after gaining enough trust, it’s just matter of updating the sign to point it to a malware. here in this particular case, few months ago waybar impersonation website giving out random zip file for waybar when clicking on download, now seems to change it to point to official page.
No, it’s either Markdown or HTML with templates if you want to change something very custom (it’s just standard Jekyll): Websites / KDE Connect Website · GitLab
But I guess it’s good the thing wasn’t upstreamed since it’s blatantly LLM made.
